unit 14 English 8 language focus

- She said to Tuan,” Do you live here?” → She asked Tuan if/ whether he lived there.. Nhi asked Nga if / whether it was far from Hanoi c.[r]

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Unit 14(cont.)

WONDER OF THE WORLD

Lesson 5: Language focus

Matching

Active voice Passive voice

1 S + V v-v/s-v/es + O a S + modal + be + PP + (by O)

2 S + V ved/ v2 + O b S + am/is/ are + PP + (by O)

3 S + modal + V + O c S + was/ were + PP + (by O)

→

→ The present simple tense The present simple tense

→

→ The past simple tense The past simple tense

→

→ The future simple tense The future simple tense

1-b

2-c

3-a

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Unit 14(cont.)

WONDER OF THE WORLD

Lesson 5: Language focus

1 The past simple tense:

+ Active: S + V (Ved- V2)+ O

+ Passive: S + was/ were + PP + (by O)

eg: They bought a new book last night

→ A new book was bought last night

Complete the sentences Use the passive form of the verbs in

the box:

a Sydney Opera House… in 1973

b The first and longest section of the Great Wall of

China between 221 and 204 BC

c The Eiffel Tower by the French civil

engineer Alexander Gustave Eiffel for the Paris World’s Fairs of 1889.

d The Stature of Liberty to the United

States by France in 1876.

e The summit of Mount Everest by two

members of a British expedition and a Nepalese guide on May 29, 1953

Construct reach present complete design

was completed

was constructed

was designed

was presented

was reached

2 Indirect questions with if and whether:

S + asked + (O) + if/ whether + S + V

Speaker’s words Reported statement

present simple → past simple

present progressive past progressive must = have to had to

can could

today / tonight that day/ that night tomorrow the next day

now then

this that

these those

here there

eg: - “Are you angry?” He asked

→ He asked if/ whether I was angry

- She said,” Can you speak English, Minh?”

→ She asked Minh if/ whether you could speak English

- She said to Tuan,” Do you live here?”

→ She asked Tuan if/ whether he lived there

* Exercises:

b Nhi asked Nga if / whether it was far from Hanoi

c Nhi asked Nga if/ whether My Son was in Q.N province

d Nhi asked Nga if/ whether many people lived at My Son

e Nhi asked Nga if/ whether many tourists visited My Son every year

f Nhi asked Nga if / whether Nga wanted to visit My Son one day

3 Questions words before to infinitives:

S + V + (O) + question word + to infinitive

eg: I don’t know how (get) there

He told me what (do) _

* Exercises:

b show/ where/ ticket

→ Nga showed Nhi where to get tickets

c point out/ where / buy souvenirs

→ Nga pointed out where to buy souvenirs

d advise/ how/ go from My Son to Hoi An

→ Nga advised me how to go from My Son to Hoi An

e tell/ what/ do there during the visit

→ Nga told Nhi what to do there during the visit

to get

to do

4 Structures:

+ want/ start/ begin/ advise/ try/ decide… + to infinitive + modal + infinitive

eg: He can ( speak) many languages

I decided (visit) Hanoi last year

speak

to visit

Exercises:

I Turn the following questions into indirect speech:

1 They said to us, “Must you go now?”

→ They asked us if/ whether we had to go then

2 My friends said “ Are you going to leave tomorrow?” → My friends asked if I was going to leave the next day

3 She said to the tourists,” Do you know the way to the bus station?”

→ She asked the tourists if they knew the way to the

station

II Supply the correct verbs form:

1 It started (rain) _ when they left home

2 It was late so I decided (take) a taxi home

3 Could you show me how (get) _ to the station?

to rain

to take

to get

* Home work:

- Learn all the structures in the lesson

- Do all these exercises again.

- Prepare test 45 ms